Method of forming artificial bows.



J. GROSSGEBAUER. METHOD 0B. PORMING ARTIFICIAL BOWS.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNI: 11. 1912.

1,055,738. Patented 11311111913.

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JOHN GROSSGEBAUER, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

METHOD 0F FORMING ARTIFICIAL BOWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mfar. 11, 1913.

Application filed June 11, 1912. Serial No. 703,002;

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN GRossGEBAUER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of FormingArtificial Bows, of which the following is a specification.

Artificial ribbon bows, for use in hat bands, on shoes and the like, arenow commonly made by employing at least two pieces of ribbon, one c-fwhich has its ends turned under to form the loops of the bow and theother of which extends across and has its ends tucked in behind thefirst to form the bight of the bow, the whole being stitched to a stiffpiece of material, such as buckram. Sometimes the first-named piece hasone or both ends left flat, or eX- tended, and finished with fringe byraveling.

My object in and by this invention is materially to reduce the cost ofmanufacture of such articles and provide a bow which shall have a neatand attractive appearance and retain its form more permanently than theordinary bow, and this I accomplish, using only a single piece of ribbonfor both the loops and bightof the bow, in a way now to be described indetail, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Figure l is a plan view of a strip of ribbon from which the improved bowis made; Fig. 9. is a front view of the bow; Fig. 3 is a rear viewthereof; Fig. 4C an edgewise view; and Fig. 5 illustrates amodification.

The bow proper is formed from a piece of ribbon cut from the strip shownin Fig. l, the material of which has in said strip the length indicatedbetween the lines a-a in Fig. l. The strip shown in Fig. l may be wovenin any suitable length to include any number of repeats each to form thepiece Z) of which the bow-proper is made. The character of the weave ingeneral may be such as is suitable or desirable according to the use towhich the bow is to be put, for instance, grosgrain or corded, but atspaced points in each piece b the weave ischanged so as to form pairs ofspaced transversely extending parallel narrow bands c, the pairs beingspaced farther than the bands in each pair. For instance, if the generalcharacter of the weave is grosgrain, then where each of the narrowtransverse bands c is to appear, the crossing or decussating of thewarps is stopped for a suitable number of picks of the loom so that apart of the warp threads are carried over and the remainder undera'series of weft threads corresponding in number to the number of saidpicks. This manner of forming the narrow transverse bands c is of coursemerely mentioned as an example. Any other way of weaving the material sothat narrow transverse bands which will contrast with the remainder ofthe material falls within the scope of the invention. Having woven thestrip shown in Fig. 1 in the way described, a section b is cuttherefrom. It should be remarked at this pointthat, for the bow shown inFigs. 2, 3 and 4, the length of each section in the strip is somewhatgreater than the over-all length of the finished bow is to be, whichlength is indicated by the lines cZ-Z in Fig. l. Having cut a section bfrom the strip, its ends are folded under on lines corresponding to thelines cZ-Z in Fig. l, thus producing the loops e, whereupon the sectionis stitched to the backing piece f of buckram or other suitably stiffmaterial shown in Fig. 3. If desired the shape-maintaining lining pieceof buckram g may be used (Fig. 4). Then the bow is completed, thecontrasting narrow bands c therein give the appearance of the selvageson what would be the piece forming the bight of the bow as now commonlymade from a piece of ribbon distinct from that forming the loops asalready explained. The illusion is so perfect that it is impossible todetect, without close examination, that the bow-proper of the improvedarticle only includes a single piece of fabric.

The cost of manufacture and the time and labor spent in making theimproved bows are obviously much less than are required in themanufacture of the ordinary bows. In addition, the improved bow has amuch neater appearance than the ordinary bow and besides retains itsshape more permanently.

In Fig. 5 the ends of the section Z) are not folded under but are leftextended, being raveled out to produce the fringe z'.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. The method of forming artificial bowsof the kind herein named which consists in weaving a strip of materialof suitable length and forming therein spaced pairs of narrow transversebands each forming a contrast with the remainder of the material, saidpairs being spaced apart farther than the bands in each pair; thencutting the strip between the pairs of bands into sec* tions; and thensecuring each section to a suitable backing, substantially as described.

2. The method oi forming artificial bows of the kind herein named whichconsists in weaving a strip of material of suitable length and formingtherein spaced pairs of narrow transverse bands each forming a contrastwith the remainder of the material,

said pairs being spaced apart farther than the bands in each pair; thencutting the strip between the pairs of bands into sections; and thenfolding back the ends of the sections and securing each section to asnitable backing, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN GROSSGEBAUER. Vitnesses:

JOHN W. STEWART, WM. D. BELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

